The view will stop you in your tracks Dec 13, 2020

The view will stop you in your tracks

When it comes to beautiful winter scenery, Switzerland is hard to beat. We"re looking at the Gornergrat railway station with the peak of the Matterhorn in the background. One of the last great peaks of the Alps to be climbed by humans, the Matterhorn was finally summited in 1865, capping off the decade or so that"s been called the "golden age of alpinism." The iconic peak is a daunting pyramid of stone and ice, towering just inside Switzerland"s border with Italy.

© coolbiere photograph/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Dec 13, 2018Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Dec 13, 2021Old Town Quito
Dec 13, 2022Hallstatt, Austria
Dec 13, 2023Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, Norway
Dec 13, 2024Christmas market, St. Stephens Basilica, Budapest, Hungary

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 16, 2021Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
Aug 8, 2019Spot on for International Cat Day
Jul 12, 2021A lofty lighthouse and a little ocean spray
Aug 5, 2018Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
Feb 26, 2019Snow on the temple
Feb 15, 2023Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
Aug 8, 2024Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
Nov 17, 2021Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Apr 18, 2021In Sicily, history is everywhere
Mar 4, 2020A different kind of dive
Jun 7, 2019Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
Jun 6, 2020The long and wiggling path
May 10, 2024Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
Jan 23, 2020Across the great plains of Africa
May 7, 2018Happy 300th, NOLA!
Feb 1, 2019‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
Jul 2, 2024The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
Mar 11, 2025Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
Mar 16, 2025Happy Panda Day!
Mar 23, 2024World Meteorological Day
Apr 15, 2023World Art Day
Jul 28, 2023San Blas Islands, Panama
Dec 29, 2024Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia
Oct 2, 2020A wild and scenic scene
Oct 31, 2024Happy Halloween!
Jun 11, 2018A Great view from above
Apr 9, 2019The glowing waters of the Matsu Islands
Mar 25, 2025Tolkien Reading Day
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Feb 10, 2018Bonifacio on the island of Corsica, France